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Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Youth justice in England and Wales: Introduction - The children speaking in the video at the end of the last session felt that their involvement with the youth justice system labelled them as criminals. It’s significant the video was made in Wales because...
World Mental Health Day on OpenLearn
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Mental Health Day on OpenLearn

...anxiety, depression, mindfulness, wellbeing and more with our FREE learning resources...The theme for World Mental Health Day 2025 is "access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies". The theme highlights the importance of people being able to protect their mental health whatever they're going through, because everyone deserves good mental health....
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...open-field site that has been cordoned off for a number of years – the old St Anne's school grounds, with its derelict building, boarded up, but still standing. And a fascinating bit of local politics converged with global politics, virtually in my own backyard. Climate Camp provides the opportunity for environmental activists to self-develop skills and knowledge about...
Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two
Society, Politics & Law

Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two

...Open University environment researchers investigating an archive collection of environmental programmes from across fifty years of the BBC’s broadcasting on environmental issues. In this two part podcast, join Joe on a journey through the archive as he explores how programmes have changed and how broadcasting has shaped how we think about environmental issues today....
‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library
History & The Arts

‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library

...opened the way to accessing better funding for the project, and The Times newspaper was particularly friendly to the library, carrying many advertisements and letters to spread the word. I tell the story of this library in an article forthcoming in the Journal of Medical History, and it provided the context for my approach to Endell Street Military Hospital. [Deeds not...
Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Research suggests that children of prisoners are at risk of mental health problems, challenges within formal educational environments and future offending. Research statistics indicate that 65% of boys with a parent in prison are more likely to go on to offend, although this data somewhat oversimplifies...
Why books are a lifeline for prisoners
Society, Politics & Law

Why books are a lifeline for prisoners

...education centre, some prisoners were talking about books. The conversation was not of favourite authors, or what they had read recently, but of families, the future, of life outside. Relaxed and emotionally open, it was an unusual conversation for any group of men. In the confines of a prison, it was remarkable and moving. By a quirk of timing, I was visiting two prisons...